Advertise with Googlier.com https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2022/03/14/preserving-and-providing-access-to-baltimore-television-news-station-wmar-1980-1985/#comment-9932 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:26:35 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/?p=4082#comment-9932 Why did the University of Baltimore consider the WMAR-TV U-matic videotapes from 1980–1985 to be at risk, and what steps were taken to preserve them?

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/07/21/space-size-and-videotapes/#comment-34 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:00:32 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/07/21/space-size-and-videotapes/#comment-34 If videotapes are in a case and recorded one time, they can last longer than digital media. I did have a videotape that wound up in a damp basement, got mold in it. I decided to take my chances and play it, but I bought a working thrift store VCR and managed to get it digitized. As far as what to do with all those videos? I'd probably split the collection up with different libraries in the area that can store it, if storing it at a facility like Iron Mountain isn't an option. I think having videotape handy is also good for people working on documentaries.

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/30/library-2007-by-brooklyn-artist-lori-nix/#comment-35 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:05:33 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/30/library-2007-by-brooklyn-artist-lori-nix/#comment-35 I actually found the image on the last page of the last Sierra Club magazine.This is the online version: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2014-4-july-august/last-words/literary-roots

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/30/library-2007-by-brooklyn-artist-lori-nix/#comment-36 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:02:24 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/30/library-2007-by-brooklyn-artist-lori-nix/#comment-36 She does dioramas of post-apocalyptic city scenes on a table top and photographs them. This is her website http://www.lorinix.net/

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/30/library-2007-by-brooklyn-artist-lori-nix/#comment-37 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 14:32:41 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/30/library-2007-by-brooklyn-artist-lori-nix/#comment-37 what a powerful image – any background on the artist's interpretation or concept here?

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/13/libraries-matter/#comment-38 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:59:15 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/06/13/libraries-matter/#comment-38 Excellent video. The focus on the wide range of services provided by the NYPL was impressive. I was particularly struck by the portrayal of how the library provided services that otherwise might not be available, or exist at all, for many people. Public libraries now are put in a position of trying to fill the void left by large scale cutbacks in public education and social services. I do wish that the video had mentioned the incredible and massive archival collections the NYPL makes available to the public, a service provided almost exclusively by libraries. Overall, the documentary very effectively made the point that public libraries are fundamental to any democratic system. If everyone has to pay for knowledge, only those who can afford it will be be able to develop intellectually.

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/05/21/pardon-our-dust/#comment-39 Wed, 21 May 2014 18:25:47 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/05/21/pardon-our-dust/#comment-39 Did you find MY pen?

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/04/09/national-poetry-month-and-the-snot-nosed-kid/#comment-40 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:16:57 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/04/09/national-poetry-month-and-the-snot-nosed-kid/#comment-40 Thanks, Sylvia.

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/04/09/national-poetry-month-and-the-snot-nosed-kid/#comment-41 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:13:03 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/04/09/national-poetry-month-and-the-snot-nosed-kid/#comment-41 Adam – Thanks for writing this. It resonated with me. (I'm a poetry student in the CWPA MFA program– when I'm not lurking in the back of the lunch room).

]]> https://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/04/15/all-hail-national-library-week/#comment-42 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:59:40 +0000 http://blogs.ubalt.edu/library/2014/04/15/all-hail-national-library-week/#comment-42 I love The Hobbit, too. It is the quintessential fantasy story.

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